Secret Wealthy Marriage
Chapter 562: Evil Begets Evil (8)

Chapter 562: Chapter 562: Evil Begets Evil (8)

"You don’t know? Cole Duncan’s reputation has been completely destroyed by his mother. Now several of his partners have stopped cooperating with him. Two even came to me through connections to file lawsuits, but I refused." Simon Carrington knew about it because he had taken the commission. He had already dealt with his law firm in Kyoto, and Daisy Willow’s divorce lawsuit was the last one he had taken care of.

"How much does he need to compensate?" Daisy Willow didn’t know that this matter would become so serious after being dug up by netizens.

"...This matter is not something you should worry about. Your current concern should be to take care of your life with Elena Duncan. Well, I told you about it, but as for other things, they are not your concerns. I have other things to do now, so I’ll hang up. If Elena Duncan wants to talk to me, she can call me directly." After saying that, Simon Carrington hung up the phone.

"..." Daisy Willow was stunned for a while until Millie Campbell walked over, "The lawyer Simon Carrington called you? What did he say to you?"

Daisy Willow looked back and let her sister-in-law know, "Yeah, he told me about the money from the Duncan Family. It should be just a matter of these days."

"He is back in Kyoto, but still cares so much about you. Daisy, do you think he..." Millie Campbell laughed wickedly.

"Don’t talk nonsense. He has a wife and children." Daisy Willow glared at her. Her family was destroyed because of a mistress; how could she ever play such a role as a mistress again?

Moreover, she never took Irene Houston’s words seriously in the first place. Simon Carrington was such a good man; she should cherish him. Besides, there were misunderstandings between the two, and impulsively calling for a divorce was normal. She believed that Simon Carrington, a calm and wise man, would certainly handle it well.

"Millie, don’t talk about this anymore. If your father hears it, our family will be in turmoil again." Daisy Willow’s mother came over, having heard their conversation.

She was quite relieved that the sisters-in-law were getting along so well. Millie Campbell was their very good daughter-in-law, who had managed the family well and been very filial to the two elderly people. The house had been handed over to Millie Campbell to manage long ago.

It was just that sometimes when Millie Campbell had to go to work, Daisy Willow’s mother would help to manage the house.

Anyway, a family should be harmonious like this.

"I know, Mom." Millie Campbell stuck her tongue out. She knew how traditional her father-in-law was, so such words could only be whispered to Daisy Willow in their room and never spoken in front of her father-in-law.

"Well, come out for dinner. Samuel Willow is back." Daisy Willow’s mother came to call them both to dinner.

Samuel Willow was Daisy Willow’s Big Brother, Millie Campbell’s husband, and Kent Auclair’s father.

The family went to the dining table, happily eating their meal, and Daisy Willow calmed her mood without thinking about Cole Duncan’s affairs anymore.

As for the Duncan Family, when Mrs. Duncan woke up and learned that Cole Duncan was going to compensate so much money, she collapsed again. She returned home and thought of a solution: what if the money for Daisy Willow was used to compensate the suppliers? This way, Cole Duncan wouldn’t have to sell Duncan’s shares, and the company wouldn’t go bankrupt.

"Cole, what about this: we take the money for Daisy Willow for compensation?" Mrs. Duncan thought of a solution and saw Cole Duncan’s face change. She quickly explained, "I don’t mean not to give it, just to delay giving it to her and Elena. After all, Elena will only need that money when she grows up, right? As long as we give them the money before Elena comes of age, that’s fine. What do you think?"

"..." Cole Duncan, of course, knew his mother’s meaning. He could even imagine that she was just making up an excuse. When the difficulty was over, and it was time to really give out the money, she would be reluctant to agree to it, as if cutting a piece of her flesh.

It was because Simon Carrington worried about their mother and son using that idea that he had made preparations in advance. That money couldn’t be moved, and Cole Duncan didn’t intend to do so either.

Anyway, he was tired of running a company; it was really exhausting. With or without the company, if they became ordinary citizens, maybe his mother wouldn’t be so arrogant and domineering.

He recalled the past when they relied on each other; his mother wasn’t like this at all. He couldn’t remember when she had changed. Anyway, since he started his career and his affairs went smoothly, his full attention was on his career and he didn’t pay much attention to the people around him.

"Cole, say something. It’s not easy for you to establish the Duncan Family. You’ve worked so hard for more than a decade, so don’t let it go to waste." Mrs. Duncan hurried to persuade him when she saw that her son didn’t speak.

As the saying goes, it’s easy to go from frugality to luxury but hard to go from luxury to simplicity. Mrs. Duncan was an example of this. When she had a poor life before, she felt it was normal to look at anyone’s face. After being the prestigious Mrs. Duncan for several years, it became unbearable to go back to that kind of life.

So, the Duncan Family must continue. It was not only her son’s hard work but also the guarantee of living a luxurious life. Therefore, the Duncan Family must not be allowed to collapse.

"...Mom, I’m tired. I don’t want to run the company anymore. Besides, my character and reputation are so bad now. Do you think I have any capital to negotiate business with others?" Cole Duncan sneered. In the past few days, he had had emergency meetings overnight with the Legal Department and the Public Relations Department, considering the worst-case scenarios.

"What? No one wants to do business with you just because of me? Don’t people who do business only care about money?" Mrs. Duncan didn’t believe it, thinking that Cole Duncan was deliberately saying that.

"Mom, not everyone values money as much as you do." Cole Duncan didn’t want to hurt her, but now he had to, or Mrs. Duncan would never understand the phrase ’the sky is high and the earth is vast.’

Having money but lacking character, no one would be willing to do business with you. Only when money and character are combined can a successful business transaction be achieved. Having a bad character and only money is useless, especially when he now has neither money nor character.

Not to mention a small boss like him with only a few million in capital, but even a big boss with billions of dollars, when faced with bad times, could still lose money, some even directly going bankrupt.

"..." Mrs. Duncan was completely silent, feeling depressed in her heart.